Addictions Clinical & Assessment Support Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves providing drug and alcohol assessments and brief interventions, preparing prescriptions, and participating in patient care planning under supervision. The post holder will embed recovery values, act as an ambassador for the Addictions Directorate, and support service users in structured treatment. Key duties include conducting comprehensive assessments, processing referrals, and triaging drug-using clients discharged from hospital. The role requires using outcome monitoring tools and evidence-based interventions like motivational interviewing.
Essential criteria
- oNVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
- oBasic Level 2- English and Maths
- oCommitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training
Desirable criteria
- oAccredited certificate in Life Coaching
- oAny specific training in Dual diagnosis
- o Completion of courses that are DANOS compliant
- o Motivational Interviewing
- oExperience of working with people with substance use issues.
- oExperience of working within Mental Health and/or addictions setting.
- oExperience of supporting with the development of individual care plans for managing recovery
- oExperience of working within a team.
- oExperience of working with a multi-cultural environment.
- oGroup work
- oVoluntary experience in the field of addictions and/or mental health
- Skills and knowledge
- oAbility to demonstrate knowledge of treatment pathways in addictions.
- oEvidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form good relationships with service users and carers
- oEffective listening skills.
- oAbility to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Addictions Services.
- oKnowledge of basic food hygiene
- oAwareness of local services
- Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
- Ability to interact with staff from all disciplines.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience.
- Ability to be non-judgemental
- Attention to detail with tasks
- Understanding of issues arising from experiencing ill health related to substance use.
- Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
- Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and an ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/ equal opportunities
- Good organisational skills
- Effective team player
- oAbility to speak other languages
- Education and Qualifications
- oNVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
- oBasic Level 2- English and Maths
- oCommitment to obtain underpinning knowledge through work based learning and mandatory training
- oAccredited certificate in Life Coaching
- oAny specific training in Dual diagnosis
- o Completion of courses that are DANOS compliant
- o Motivational Interviewing
- oExperience of working with people with substance use issues.
- oExperience of working within Mental Health and/or addictions setting.
- oExperience of supporting with the development of individual care plans for managing recovery
- oExperience of working within a team.
- oExperience of working with a multi-cultural environment.
- oGroup work
- oVoluntary experience in the field of addictions and/or mental health
- Skills and knowledge
- oAbility to demonstrate knowledge of treatment pathways in addictions.
- oEvidence of good interpersonal skills and an ability to form good relationships with service users and carers
- oEffective listening skills.
- oAbility to communicate on all levels and to a broad scope of individuals, both internally and externally to the Addictions Services.
- oKnowledge of basic food hygiene
- oAwareness of local services
- Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
- Ability to interact with staff from all disciplines.
- Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience.
- Ability to be non-judgemental
- Attention to detail with tasks
- Understanding of issues arising from experiencing ill health related to substance use.
- Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
- Sensitive understanding of diversity issues and an ability to promote anti-discriminatory practice/ equal opportunities
- Good organisational skills
- Effective team player
- oAbility to speak other languages
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £33,262 – £36,027 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Addictions Clinical & Assessment Support Worker
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
As an integral and highly valued member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Addictions Clinical Support Worker will be able to provide drug and alcohol assessments, brief interventions, prepare prescriptions for printing and recording on FP10 records. Participating in the care planning, provision and evaluation of patients' needs under the supervision of trained staff.
The clinical support worker will take a lead role in embedding recovery values within the service setting in which they work, alongside peer support workers from other agencies in Addictions and act as an ambassador of recovery for the Addictions Directorate with external agencies and partner organisations.
The clinical support worker will promote their role, through the provision of information and a range of Learning opportunities for the multidisciplinary teams and others across the Addictions Directorate.
To work under the supervision of line management .
As a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, the clinical support worker will work with members of the MDT. The Addictions Clinical Support Worker will support service users to engage in structured treatment and will complete triage & assessments in a timely manner (e.g. liaising with the Al
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